Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous PoetDekker, Thomas
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Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous Poet
Dekker, Thomas
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
_Deme._ Good Horace, no; my cheekes doe blush for thine,
As often as thou speakst so, where one true
|2020| And nobly-vertuous spirit, for thy best part
Loues thee, I wish one ten, euen from my heart.
I make account I put vp as deepe share
In any good mans loue, which thy worth earnes,
As thou thy selfe; we enuy not to see,
|2025| Thy friends with Bayes to crowne thy Poesie.
No, heere the gall lyes, we that know what stuffe
Thy verie heart is made of; know the stalke
On which thy learning growes, and can giue life
To thy (once dying) basenes; yet must we
|2030| Dance Antickes on your Paper.
_Hor._ Fannius.
_Cri._ This makes vs angry, but not enuious,
No, were thy warpt soule, put in a new molde,
Ide weare thee as a Iewell set in golde.
|2035| _Sir Vau._ And Iewels Master Horace, must be hang’d you know.
_Tuc._ Good Pagans, well said, they haue sowed vp that broken
seame-rent lye of thine, that Demetrius is out at Elbowes, and
Crispinus is falne out with Sattin heere, they haue; but bloate-herring
dost heare?
|2040| _Hor._ Yes honour’d Captaine, I haue eares at will.
_Tuc._ Ist not better be out at Elbowes, then to bee a bond-slaue, and
to goe all in Parchment as thou dost?
_Horace._ Parchment Captaine? tis Perpetuana I assure you.
_Tuc._ My Perpetuall pantaloone true, but tis waxt ouer; th’art |2045|
made out of Wax; thou must answere for this one day; thy Muse is a
hagler, and weares cloathes vpon best-be-trust: th’art great in some
bodies books for this, thou knowst where; thou wouldst bee out at
Elbowes, and out at heeles too, but that thou layest about thee with a
Bill for this, a Bill--
|2050| _Ho._ I confesse Capten, I followed this suite hard.
_Tuc._ I know thou didst, and therefore whilst we haue Hiren heere,
speake my little dish-washers, a verdit Pisse-kitchins.
_Omnes._ Blancket.
_Sir Vau._ Holde I pray, holde, by Sesu I haue put vpon my |2055|
heade, a fine deuice, to make you laugh, tis not your fooles Cap Master
Horace, which you couer’d your Poetasters in, but a fine tricke, ha,
ha, is iumbling in my braine.
_Tuc._ Ile beate out thy braines, my whorson hansome dwarfe, but ile
haue it out of thee.
|2060| _Omnes._ What is it good Sir Vaughan?
_Sir Vau._ To conclude, tis after this manners, because Ma. Horace is
ambition, and does conspire to bee more hye and tall, as God a mightie
made him, wee’ll carry his terrible person to Court, and there before
his Masestie Dub, or what you call it, |2065| dip his Muse in some
licour, and christen him, or dye him, into collours of a Poet.
_Omnes._ Excellent.
_Tuc._ Super Super-excellent Reuellers goe, proceede you Masters of
Arte in kissing these wenches, and in daunces, bring you |2070| the
quiuering Bride to Court, in a Maske, come Crumboll, thou shalt Mum
with vs; come, dogge mee skneakes-bill.
_Hor._ O thou my Muse!
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